The impact of affective and cognitive empathy on stress in medical students.

IF 2 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1186/s41155-024-00336-9

Madson Alan Maximiano-Barreto, Julia Leles Bueno, Mariana Leles Bueno, Victor Oliveira Wercelens, Julia Guimarães Mauad Ydy, Roberta Perfeito Abrahim, Jed Montayre, Késia Maria Maximiano de Melo

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Objective: To analyze the relationship between empathy and its domains (i.e., affective and cognitive) and stress in medical students.

Methods: An online cross-sectional study with 543 medical students as respondents divided in three groups: pre-clinical cycle (n = 173), clinical cycle (n = 197), and internship (n = 173). The participants completed the sociodemographic questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index, and the Perceived stress scale.

Results: The participants were mostly female (71.5%) with an average age of 23.54 (± 4.54) years old. Medical students in the clinical cycle, when compared to the ones in their pre-clinical cycle and internship, showed higher stress levels. Pre-clinical students presented higher levels of total empathy and its affective domain. The highest levels of empathy, especially affective empathy, were associated with higher stress levels in all three groups. Regarding cognitive empathy, there was no observed association with stress among the groups.

Conclusions: The levels of empathy and its affective domain correlated significantly with the stress indicators among students of different cycles (i.e., pre-clinical, clinical cycle, and internship).

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情感和认知共情对医学生压力的影响。

目的：分析医学生共情及其情感域和认知域与压力的关系。方法：采用在线横断面研究方法，将543名医学生分为临床前期（n = 173）、临床期（n = 197）和实习期（n = 173）。参与者完成了社会人口调查问卷、人际反应指数和感知压力量表。结果：参与者以女性居多（71.5%），平均年龄23.54（±4.54）岁。临床阶段的医学生比临床前期和实习阶段的医学生表现出更高的压力水平。临床前学生表现出较高的共情水平及其情感领域。在所有三组中，最高水平的同理心，尤其是情感同理心，都与较高的压力水平相关。在认知共情方面，各组之间没有观察到与压力的联系。结论：不同阶段（临床前阶段、临床阶段和实习阶段）学生共情及其情感域水平与压力指标显著相关。

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Psicologia-Reflexao E Critica PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： Psicologia: Reflexão & Crítica is a journal published three times a year by Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento (Psychology Graduate Program) of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul). Its objective is to publish original works in the psychology field: articles, short reports on research and reviews as well as to present to the scientific community texts which reflect a significant contribution for the psychology field. The short title of the journal is Psicol. Refl. Crít. It must be used regarding bibliographies, footnotes, as well as bibliographical strips and references.